Window-shade



(No Model.) l LQL. SAWYER, C. BUCKLEY & J. C. PERKINS.

WINDOW SHADE. l

810,285,875. Patented 0815.103882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

LODOVICK L. SAVVYEB, CHAUNGEY BUCKLEY, AND JUDSON C. PERKINS, OF

' MERIDEN, CONNEOTGUT. Y

WINDOW-SHADE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of`Letters Patent No. 265,875, dated October 10, 1882.

Application filed May 15, 1882.

41c to be a't'ull, clear, and exact description of the same,and which saiddrawingconstitutesa part of this specification, and represents a shade as arranged upon a window. Y

rlhis invention relates to an improvement in t that class of window-shades which are designed to, be raised or lowered by means of a roll at the top, and particularly to that class which are known as opaque7 i While the opaque shade performs perfectly 2o the oliice of screening the window and shutting out light, it does not permit the admission of light or air from the window. To overcome this difficulty shades have been arranged with the roll at the bottoni, so thatlhe shade drops from the top or is drawn up from the bottom to shade the window; but the arrangement of the tixture or roll at the bottom occasions serious inconvenience to the occupants of rooms in which the shades are so arranged.

rlhe object of our invention is to construct a shade which shall be opaque, so as to cover the entire window it' desirable, yet may at times be provided with means for the admission of light or air at the top; and it consists in a shade having its lower portion opaque and the upper portion open or semi-transparent, with one or more ventilating openings through such open or semi-transparent portion, as more fully hereinafter described.

ln the illustration, A represents the opaque part ofthe shade, which is of sufficient extent to cover the entire window. At the upper end a portion, B, is left uncoated, or made from an an open or semi-transparent fabric, and that end attached-to the roll C in the usual manner dfor attaching shades. W'hen the shade is drawn down, as shown in the drawing, the open portion B is exposed at the upper part of the (No model.)

window, so that light may enter therethrough, leaving the lower portion fully protected.

It' at any time itis desirable to shut out the light entirely, it is only necessary to draw up the shade unt-il the part B shall have been wound upon the roll and bring the opaque portion A up so as to cover the entire Window.

llhe part B is constructed with one or more openings, D, formed in the process of weaving or otherwise, l'or the purpose ot' ventilation. In somecases ventilation may be desirable in the opaque portion of the shade. In that case 6o a like opening may be made in the opaque part, as seen in broken lines.

The openings in the shade are best made of lozenge shape, so as to present an angle at the top and bottom center ot' the opening, as 65 shown, for the reason that other shapesas round or square, for instancecause the shade to pucker on the roll as the opening passes onto it, Whereas the angular or pointed shaped opening` avoids this dit'leulty. 7o

By this construction we are enabled to hang the shade from the top of the window and entirelyscreen its lower portion, leaving the upper portion open for light and ventilation.

The shade is best made by cmployinga fabric ot' suitable open character, and then coating only that portion of it which is, necessary xto cover the window, leaving the part unl coated to form the upper or open section, and in which the opening D is formed; but the 8o open section may be otherwise made.4

We are aware that a section of semi-transparent material has been introduced into an opaque shade, and therefore do not claim broadly such construction.

We claim- A window-shade consisting of the lower opaque portion A, the upper semi-transparent Aportion B, with one or more openings, D, in

the part B, substantially as described.

LODOVICK L. SAVYER. UHAUNCEY BUCKLEY. JUDSON C. PERKINS. Witnessesz RALPH A. PALMER, GHAs. C. POWERS. 

